10:31 PM
Sunday 06 September 2020
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I wrote – Shaima Morsi
The Corona pandemic has made us rethink the way we spend our normal day, from walking outside to how we mix with others.
The other thing that we had to be creative about is how to buy, cook and eat food in safe ways, and there are many mistakes that we make while eating, which are likely to expose you to the risk of infection with the Corona virus, as explained by “Eatthis”, including:
1- Touching your face while grocery shopping:
When you are in the grocery store, the last thing you want to do is touch your face or phone, and we know that the virus can remain on plastic surfaces for up to three days, and besides that wearing gloves does not protect you from the virus if you touch your face or phone after touching the grocery store and the handle. Shopping cart.
2- Neglecting to properly clean and sanitize kitchen surfaces:
It is possible that you do not properly disinfect your kitchen surfaces, which may invite bacteria and traces of the virus to your food or even directly on your hands, as cleaning removes germs, dirt and impurities from surfaces using soap or detergents and water, in addition to it reduces the number of germs on Surfaces with a dilute bleach solution are easy to make at home, so it’s important to clean and sanitize your kitchen surfaces for general food safety reasons.
3- Eating without washing your hands first:
Be sure to wash your hands after touching the delivery bag if you have received an order from one of your favorite restaurants, or if the housewife will prepare the food herself.
4- Sharing food with others:
Sharing food with people should be avoided, whether at home or at work, as the virus is transmitted through respiratory droplets, and eating at a large table with a wide range of possibilities for contact with an infected person is likely to increase.
5- Eat more processed foods:
Eating processed foods frequently and regularly weakens the immune system by causing a so-called inflammatory response, as processed foods contain high levels of sugar, omega-6 fatty acids, and excess sodium, so when you eat too much, it makes us more vulnerable to infection with the virus.
6- Deliver food, then stay to chat:
There are some ways that you can safely deliver food to your friends during a pandemic, but delivering food and then staying for a while to chat with your friend is not among them, so make sure to leave ready meals on the front of their home and back off to your car or bike or just walk down the street before To open the door, current research indicates that the coronavirus may be transmitted by aerosols in the air, so the further away you are from someone, the better.
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